The problem is I need to modify the core files and add a plugin at the same time so a user can change the Throttling settings in his WordPress backend.

I really tried to simple write a plugin and skip the core files modifications, but it’s just not working out. Maybe you can help out here, I will post the 3 core file functions which I modified as…[Read more]

@sooskriszta I agree that the plugin is a terrible idea. Throttling is one thing (telling the user “hey slow down a bit”) but setting an absolute limit for the number of friendships goes against the concept of a community.

Going back to the ORIGINAL point of this topic, I said I will add throttling to the activity page and the friendship…[Read more]

I want to modify the Buddypress core files to add a feature which I need to submit to the trac to be used in future Buddypress releases. This feature lets the user set the the throttling time (in seconds) under Buddypress Settings (wp-admin/admin.php?page=bp-settings), a number which would then be used for preventing flooding on the activity…[Read more]

@Chouf1, that’s my blog you’re linking to. I am not sure if they added Throttling to the new Buddypress version. I opened a ticket months ago, the milestone has been set to: version 1.7 to Future Release https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3732. This is a bit frustrating since Throttling makes for great spam control.